The St. Paul Como Park Cougars had a six-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 12-5 win over the Ely/Northeast Range Timberwolves.

With five goals and three assists between them, Peter Gaertner and Max Inskeep teamed up to power St. Paul Como Park's offense. Gaertner racked up two goals and two assists and Inskeep also notched three goals and one assist.

The Cougars surpassed their usual scoring output this season. St. Paul Como Park averages 4.7 goals per game.

St. Paul Como Park additionally got points from Inskeep, who also had three goals and one assist, Erik Wagner, who also registered one goal and one assist, Rawley Crow, who also had one goal and one assist, and Sawyer Scanlon, who also racked up one goal and two assists. Others who scored for St. Paul Como Park included Tor Will, who had two and Tom McCullough and Mitch McNamee, who scored one goal each. More assists for St. Paul Como Park came via Anders Sateren, who had two and Jake Gabrielli, Tom Stinar, Elliot Moorman, and Drake Durand, who contributed one a piece.

Ely/Northeast Range bested its season scoring average. This season, the Timberwolves average 2.8 goals per contest.

Ely/Northeast Range was led by Ben Aho, who tallied two goals and one assist. Aho scored the first of his two goals at 3:40 into the first period to make the score 3-2 St. Paul Como Park. Jon Wenzel provided the assist. Aho's next tally made the score 5-3 St. Paul Como Park with 7:45 left in the first period. Joe Wenzel picked up the assist. Ely/Northeast Range also got points from Louis Gerzin, who also registered one goal and one assist. Andy Krunkkala also scored for Ely/Northeast Range. In addition, Ely/Northeast Range received assists from Bobby Shusta, who had one.

Carter McCoy made 14 saves for the Cougars on 19 shots. St. Paul Como Park incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. Matthew Killoran recorded 17 saves for the Timberwolves. Ely/Northeast Range incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.